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Bamra Assembly Constituency

Bamra, also referred to as Bamanda was a constituency of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, of the Sambalpur district, Odisha state in India. It was formed in 1951 and was abolished in 1957. It was replaced by the constituencies of Deogarh and Jarsuguda.

The Bamra constituency comprised the Deogarh and Kuchinda sub-divisions of Sambalpur district. Though Bamra was a part of Sambalpur district, this area (Deogarh and Kuchinda sub-divisions) used to come under the Sundargarh parliamentary constituency.

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates
Year Candidates
1951 (1)
  
30.59%
(2)
  
26.23%

One election was held between 1951 and 1952. The constituency had 2 seats; following were members elected from it:

Election results

1951

1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election :Bamra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIGP Hara Prasad Deb 21,631 30.59%
AIGP Joydeb Thakur 18,547 26.23%
INC Gadadhar Pradhan 12,198 17.25%
INC Baneswar Majhi 8,818 12.47%
Independent Ratnakar Patel 5,584 7.90%
Independent Dinabandhu Patra 3,925 5.55%
Turnout 70,703 34.52%
Registered electors 1,02,420
AIGP win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Orissa) Order (1951)". p. 8 (214).
  2. ^ "S.R.O. 2827. Notification of the Delimitation Commission of India". New Delhi. 30 August 1954. p. 359 (369).
  3. ^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Orissa) Order (1951)". p. 2 (208).
  4. ^ "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Orissa 1951". Election Commission of India. August 16, 2018.

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